in reply to (OT?): Operating Systems
Let me guess... tomorrow you'll ask for editor recommendations -- vi or emacs? :-)
That said, I'm happy with Ubuntu.
I used Debian before and was happy with that, too. I had no installation pains with Debian the last few years, except for my printer (works perfectly with Ubuntu).
I went to Debian from Red Hat/Suse because of too many problems with rpm, but that is probably solved by now.
I've always planned to try out the BSD variants, but never had free disk when I had free time.
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